BUSHWACKERS

A western novel by Steven P. Jones

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Steven Philip Jones is the author of The Bushwhackers, a western novel published by Avalon Books (www.avalonbooks.com). A work of fiction, the novel's story was inspired by a real-life string of 26 murders that occurred in 1863 Colorado. In THE BUSHWHACKERS Joshua Brand, the most powerful man in the Rocky Mountain mining town of Eleanor, hires Pinkerton man and bounty hunter Paul Kirk after Brand's only child becomes the latest victim of a mysterious gang of bushwhackers. This does not sit well with Eleanor's sheriff, jeb Moses, especially after Moses discovers Brand and Kirk share a dark past.

Jones is a 1990 graduate of the University of Iowa, where he earned a B.A. in journalism and religion. Jones also studied film, film production, and broadcast production at Iowa, and was accepted into Iowa's prestigious Writers' Workshop Master of Fine Arts program.

Jones' previous writing credits include:King of Harlem, a mystery-adventure from Mundania Press (www.mundania.com), two young adult novels for Todd McFarland Production, featuring their popular Spawn character; over 60 comic books, including the original series Nightlinger, Tatters, and Wolverstone and Davis (originally published as Street Heroes 2005), adaptations of the films or novels Reanimator, Alien Nation, Invaders From Mars, Dracula, and Carmilla, as well as a critically-acclaimed series of adaptations of stories by noted American weird writer, H.P. Lovecraft; and the introduction for Reanimator: Tales of Herbert West, a paperback anthology of Lovecraft stories which Jones also edited
for Malibu Graphics. Jones has instructed classes on comic book writing at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, and has written several articles on comic book writing. He has also written essays for The Sherlock Holmes Reader magazine.

Jones currently is working with artist Barb Jacobs on TALISMEN, a young adult fantasy series.  The TALISMEN webcomic is updated weekly at  www.talismenseries.com .  TALISMEN will also be available in novel and comic book formats.  Jones is also writing the series HENRIETTA HEX, PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR for the Actionopolis line of illustrated young adult adventure novels, and contributes a weekly column to the Komikwerks website.

Jones has lived most of his life in Cedar Rapids, where he makes his home with his family.